In an article published this week featuring interviews with Anglo American Platinum, Cronimet, Acacia, Shanta Mining, BR Energy, International Finance Corp., MCD International, and Primus Power, Energy and Mines’ spotlight on Africa looks at the increasing interest in renewables for addressing load shedding and diesel reliance and the challenges in making these projects bankable.
“This is a very big challenge for us,” says Gerhard van den Berg, principal engineer, energy, for Anglo American Platinum. “With Eskom having shortages and not being able to supply, we’ve run into what they call stage-two load curtailment.” The power crises in African countries is drastically hampering mine production and is prompting serious interest from the mining sector in self-generation and renewable power.
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These topics will be explored in depth at the upcoming Renewables and Mining Summit & Exhibition on July 1-2 at the Hilton, Johannesburg.